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“We are not concerned by our move from 18th to 21st as differences in final scores are marginal among the top-ranking universities,” she said. “One element that worries us, however, is the drop in rank on the student/faculty ratio indicator experienced by McGill and other Canadian universities.”

Fortier added the school needed “adequate investment in higher education” to compete with other institutions around the world.

Ben Sowter, head of research at QS, said the overall drop in Canadian universities’ student-to-faculty ratio scores might have to do with funding shortfalls.

“This could be a sign that Canada’s lack of public funding for post-secondary education, as highlighted in the latest Education at a Glance Report by the OECD, is beginning to take its toll on university resources,” he said in a U of T statement.